http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/personoftheyear/archive/stories/1938.html -----Original Message----- From: Robert Paul <Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Dec 21, 2004 3:28 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Fw: Re: Disbelief >Those issues are before the war and during the war. I assume the horrors that history revealed were not documented in them.< I pointed to A. Hitler and J. Stalin's appearances in response to the suggestion that it was some sort of honor to appear on TIME'S cover as Man/Woman/Person of the year. This is a common misapprehension. But it's true that in 1942 at least, Stalin was presented favorably. I see that Stalin was on the cover twice: in 1939 (he followed Hitler) and in 1942. The 1942 story stresses the heroism of the Russian people, etc. I haven't read the other two but I'd like to see what TIME's editors had to say about Stalin in 1939. The Hitler cover isn't just a mug shot of Hitler; it's like something out of Hieronymus Bosch: http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/archive/covers/1938.html Someone who subscribes to TIME might retrieve the story for us (there's a link to it). Otherwise it costs $4.95. Robert Paul Reed College ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html